82G OUCIIIDES. 



OI)ONTOGI.OSSOM. 



dulatis, Inbello suLconfornii pubescenlc vix hastato; cristae dentibus 2 

 grossis siiblrilobis pubescentibus, columnae cinhis subulatis patulis. 



B. mojus. Flowers much larger. Lip not hasiate, but rounded at the base , very 

 .««lighily serrate. Spois much more rose-coloured. * 



Wild in Demcrara— Schomburgk ; Venezuela— Funck and Schlim, 721; in the pro- 

 vincc of Tru.xiilo, near S. Laznro aiid La Penna. at the height of fiOOO feet. flowering 

 in August; B. New-Granada, in the province ofPampIona. at ihe height ofSOOO fcet— 

 Linden, 146. 



Flowers whiie, spoited wiih purple or rose-colour; according lo Funck and Schlim 

 ihe hp of this plant is yellow, a circumsiance due perhaps to the fading of ihe 

 flowers. Very much like Oncid. phymatociiiium, which is however a true Oncid. 



Rchh. fll. Bonpl. II. 278. S. Maria 5-6000'. Schlira 1202. Bonpl. III. 66. Ocanna 

 4000'. Wagener. — Walp. Ann. III. p. 560. 



4. ODOiNTOGLOSSUM ODORATUM Liudl. in Orch. Linden., N. 86. L. F. Nr. 4: 



Foliis anguste ensiforniibus pergameneis, panicula amplissima, la- 

 bello bastato lobis lalerolibus rotundatis inlermedio acuminato apice 

 subundulato pubescenle disco bidentato, columnae pubescentis cirrhis 

 diiobus runcinatis setaceis duobus minimis recurvis. 



Wild in Venezuela ; in ihe damp and gloomy forcsts of ihe Sierra Nevada, of 

 Merida, at a height of 5000 lo 7000 feel; June, August-Linden, 623, 



Pseudobulbs ovnl , acute , ribbed; ieaves ianceolate; flowers numerous , sweet- 

 scented. Sepals golden-yellow. spotied wiih red. Lip white, purple at the base , ac- 

 cording to Linden Tlie dillereace in ihe form of Ihe lip, as weil as in ihe colour of 

 ihe sepals . makes it easy to distinguish this from 0. naevium. The appearance of 

 the plant when dried is very nuh h like that of 0. pardinum. 



Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. II. 12. Mcrida. Dccember, 6000', Dazu eine kleine verkiim- 

 inerte Form mit wenigbliithiger Traube, welche aucb Herr Moritz sammelte. Cara- 

 cas. Wagener. 



5. ODONTOGLOSSUM GLORIOSUM Lind., Rchb. fil. Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 278: 



Aff. Odontogios.^^o naevio Lindl., pnniculatum, labello maigine plano 

 nec crispulo. antroisum valde aftenuato, carina in ima bnsi praerupta 

 exeunte in cnllum quadrigeminum, denlibus acutis ascendentibus velu- 

 linis, nec antror.^sis rhombeis .serratis, gynostemio gracili longiori. (Odon- 

 tofelossum naevium majus Hort. Lind. vorosimiliter Lindl.) 



Panicula eflusa ompla. Flores illis Odontoglossi naevii multo (duplo) majores; 

 caiididi , carmineo-purpureo guttati. Sepala ac tepala lanceolata acula. paulisper un- 

 dulfita. Laliellum ligulaium , basi rotundatum , anle basin utrinque bideniatum. Gy- 

 tiosieniJum graciie, medio valide angulaiiim. apicc utrinque erecto acuminatoque auri- 

 culaium. — Sieht zwi.^cben Od. naeviuin Lindl. und pruestans Rchb. ftl., Wscwz. ; 

 leirleres hal eine Lippe, welche virl kuiz#r, als tej^ala, vollig verschiedene Schwielen 

 der Saule und breiiere Oebrchen. — Ncu-Granada: Provinz Soto in EichenwRldern. 

 8-9000'. Nr. 406. Schlim. — L. c. III. 66 : Ocanna. 6000'. Wagener. 



6. O.NCIDIUM SCIILIMII Lind., Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 278: 



Aff. 0. epidendroidi Hb. B. Kth., sepalis pelalisque integerrimis, labello 

 pandurato acuto denticulato; carinis apice falcatis radiantibus in basi 

 5—7; alis gynoslemii rhombeis apice laceris. 



Folium oblongolanceolatum acutum. PeJunculus ulirapedalis. rariHorus, superne 

 flexuosii!', bracteae ovatae aculae tertiam ad quintam ovarii pedicellati aequanies , se- 

 pala oblonga acuta basi cuneata, tcpala ba^^i paulo laliora , labelli unguis linearis la- 

 minae 5. vel 6. pariem aequans bicarinatus, lamina plicaia refracta. margine minute 

 dpnticulata, pandurata, triloba. lobi postici rotundati, sinu obtuse triangulo a lobo me- 

 dio sejuncto , lobus medius postice hasiaius, ceierum roiundaius, apice apiculaiu», 



